The New Russian Budget System: A Critical Assessment and Future Reform Agenda

February 1, 2002

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Summary

This paper documents the main elements of the new budget system established in the Russian Federation through its revised budget system law, or the Budget Code, of 2000. It critically examines the budget preparation, budget approval, and budget execution processes, as well as the financial management and planning procedures that underlie the Budget Code. Based on this analysis, recent developments are discussed and a future reform agenda is indicated.

Subject: Budget classification, Budget execution and treasury management, Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Baltics, Budget classification, budget classification systems, budget execution, Budget execution and treasury management, budget execution authority, budget institution, budget pattern, Budget planning and preparation, budget practice, budget reform, budget system, Budget System Law, Duma budget committee, Fiscal accounting and reporting, government policy, preparing budget projection, Russia, system reform, WP

Pages:
30
Volume:
2002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451843927.001
Issue:
021
Series:
Working Paper No. 2002/021
Stock No:
WPIEA0212002
ISBN:
9781451843927
ISSN:
1018-5941

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